Join the us in Hartford on June 15th for CTDA Open Meeting! Come hear from the CTDA and other archivists, curators, and librarians about digital heritage projects created in Connecticut.

The meeting will be an all day event with registration opening at 9:30am and wrapping up at 3:45pm. We are excited to have Greg Cram, the Associate Director of Copyright and Information Policy at The New York Public Library, speak to our community about rights statements and user experience.

At the meeting the CTDA team will introduce the new features that are a result of the Re-Architecture Project. There will also be lightning talks presentations by members of our community as well as workshops given by CTDA staff members.

There is no cost to attend the meeting and registration is open to anyone and everyone who is interested in digital heritage initiatives and projects.

Agenda

9:30am – Registration Opens

10:00am – 11:00am – Keynote: Greg Cram

11:00am – 11:15am – Coffee Break

11:15am – 12:15pm – Introduction to the Enhanced CTDA

12:15pm – 1:30pm – Lunch on your own

1:30pm – 2:15pm – Lightning Talks

2:15pm – 2:30pm – Coffee Break

2:30pm – 3:30pm – CTDA Workshops

3:30pm – 3:45pm – Wrap Up

Keynote Speaker

“Getting it Right on Rights: How Consistent Rights Statements Provide a Better User Experience”

Greg Cram is the Associate Director of Copyright and Information Policy at The New York Public Library. Greg endeavors to make the Library’s collections broadly available to researchers and the public.

Lightning Talks

At the meeting we want to offer a forum for anyone working on any kind of digital project to celebrate their work! Each presenter will have 5 minutes to talk about their topic or project, followed by a Q&A session from audience members at the end of all the presentations.

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